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  Image Courtesy of Aleksandr Grechanyuk A story is told of an Egyptian woman who sought the services of medics on an issue that turned out to implicate her and expose her dirty linen in public. Approaching the doctors in a very furious state, she insisted that her husband's semen be tested because they had tried getting a child together and something seemed not to work. The poor man was speechless and wondered what could be the issue because they already had three children. The man agreed to the test and his semen was taken and tested upon the wish of the lovely wife. To the surprise of the doctors and the woman, the semen turned out to be dead, a condition that he had since birth. In the semen sample, there was no single living sperm detected because of his condition. The big question was whether the children belonged to a man or he had a helper. How did the woman convince the man that he was the biological father of the children, and later called for the testing of the man'...

 If you come across the term for the first time, you will mistake it for a good thing. But the reality of the matter is that it is a sugarcoated phrase that hides the demeaning of women. The practice is common in Islamic states, especially Iraq. A documentary done by Journeyman Tv reveals lays bare the men in cloth in Baghdad who act like pimps, sexually exploiting young girls and vulnerable women. Pleasure marriage is a form of prostitution because it allows a man to pay for a wife albeit short term. It is believed by some Iraqis that these temporary marriages are allowed in the Islamic law. In an interview, a man claimed that pleasure marriages make one closer to God by marrying a woman, especially if she is poor, because she is helping her, by offering support to her children if she has any. One would then ask how pleasure marriages differ from prostitution. One amazing thing is that those who practice it say unlike prostitution, these marriages are legal and religious, even tho...

                                                                           Image Credit: Courtesy Successful people have mastered the use of psychological tricks to trick their way into people's minds and in turn make a kill from manipulation. All animals are social beings, but unlike the wild and domesticated ones, humans are highly social, and flexible. They can easily adapt to different patterns of interaction, in all manner of environments; competitive, and cooperative. Think of any millionaire, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and many more. What these great people do, is engage your brain until you become their customer. So what is this art of manipulation that could get you out of the block? R.B. Sparkman, in his book, claims that 5% of the people in t...

  The Journey towards Freedom Image Credit: Anastasiia M|Getty Images December 12th 1963 is a year that is memorable and holds a significant place in the history of our nation. It is a time when we got ourselves out of the entanglement of our colonizers. blood was shed but for a noble course. Everything that we enjoy now, the freedom that we experience, the strides made through our self-rule, and many other stuff are a result of someone's blood. The journey has not been easy for most of us. Some Kenyans, especially those born in the early and late sixties are privileged to have experienced all five presidents of our nation, under different dispensations; Jomo Kenyatta's regime, with all the bright minds that called the shots, some of whom, word had it that they would have made the best leaders. The Kenyan 2030 economic blueprint was a result of a sessional paper done by the genius Tom Mboya. Then came the Moi regime, which led the country for 24 years. What we can remember h...

Ten Powerful Careers Full of False Experts  After high school, we usually find ourselves at a crossroads as we think of the direction to steer our lives. The main careers that linger in our minds are the top-paying formal careers such as Medicine, Engineering, Law, Data Science, Information Technology, Geology, Economics, Politics, and Journalism, to name but a few. Academics ought to contribute towards the betterment of the people, rather than contributing zero information or theories that track onto reality. Have you ever sat down and thought critically about the careers that we recommend to our children, or even what we chose while we were at that stage? Here are the four powerful careers full of False experts.  Psychologists: Most successful people have mastered the art of manipulation. In its design, Psychology was meant to understand the human mind, and therefore, among other things, help in the art of manipulation. The sad fact is that most psychology academicians have ...

 Y ou Will Never Change The World. It Has Always Been Evil You probably have had the conviction to change “things” because you like it when things are done in a transparent manner. Evil detests you. It makes you feel so bad that to an extent that you get annoyed and ready to “harm” whoever is responsible for it. In a hospital, you see people struggling to hold on to life, calling for assistance from the clinicians, and the nurses, but nobody cares. You have heard of the phrase, “he/she won’t be the first one to die. We have seen worse cases,” and this made you so mad.   You have seen people who deserved something being shortchanged in spite of them meeting the set criteria. Recently in Kericho county, when names for nominated legislators were submitted, the person who was nominated for the member of the county assembly under the category of people living with disabilities, had no disability at all. Those who deserved the position were left languishing in the village despi...

Stylish Arsenal Beat Brentford to go Top The premier league returned to action this weekend after going for a week's break following the Queen's passing. Today, Sunday 18th, saw Arsenal play against Brentford, a team that beat them last season, in their first game. That loss put pressure on the boss Mikel Arteta. Today, however, the fortunes changed, and Arsenal won the game, despite missing Martin Odegaard, an essential play in their midfield.  From the start of the game, the league leaders dominated the play and were ready to bounce back from an unlikely defeat by Manchester United two weeks earlier. Arsenal's first goal came in the 17th minute when William Saliba headed home from close range, with Gabriel Jesus proving his worth again when he doubled the visitors' lead, with the midfielder, Fabio Vieira who replaced Martin Odegaard scoring the third. Portuguese. Granit Xhaka, who was the team's captain, and the young England sensational, Bukayo Saka were the cont...

In any work environment, there are unwritten rules, popularly known as street rules that you must master if you are to survive there for long. A story is told of a guy who revealed his future intentions of taking a loan and building a home for his family, to a "friend" employee. A few weeks later, he was fired on allegations of being corrupt. After a year of investigation, he was found not guilty. Here are the twelve rules that will keep you in the game for long, without brushing shoulders with your "colleagues" friends in the workplace. Always do just enough not to get fired Play a 'sod' Your colleagues and workmates are your secret enemies Keep your house private. You should never invite your colleagues to your home.  Keep your WhatsApp private. By private we mean, never disclose your small steps or winnings on WhatsApp. Limit the statuses, but if need be, let them be flat. Avoid receiving or communicating work-related stuff on your WhatsApp. If they comm...

                                  Image credit: Courtesy I have heard guys talk of how futile one's effort can be because of the argument that after all we shall all Diego! Isn't this fallacious reasoning? Of course, to some, it isn't because one may view it from a philosophical context. Go into any medical ward & see how adults are crying because of the complications of metabolic diseases. Their only wish is to get their health back. Fatalism is a philosophical concept that tries to explain the argument. Unless looked at it from an angle of sanity, such can promote a lazy populace.  Philosophies similar to these are in existence since man is not purely a logical creature. Almost everything we do is reduced to some kind of emotional component. As a result, virtually all of us have no problem with using a metric such as "well-being" as the basis of whatever we do, our behaviors, and ...

                         Photo Credit: Courtesy  Every year in September, the world celebrates one of the distinctive factors of men; the beards. September 3rd is the exact date that men come together to celebrate their masculinity. It's prudent to point out that for the last few years, there have been several challenges put out to men on matters beards. So why do men put so much emphasis on beards? Is it a show of masculinity? One photo with a face masked with beards has been doing rounds today as we celebrate the day, with the tag," with a great beard, comes great responsibility." What does this statement mean?   The great responsibility tag emanates from the baggage that the beard gang carries whose accusations span from harboring a host of bacteria in his beard to being a playboy, presumably because women find them attractive. This inculcates a sense of responsibility because they can't go ar...

In a bid to restore the masculinity of men, there have been and still, are many campaigns pointing out what has popularly been known as simping. Is there a definition for a simp? Yeah, there is quite a number. Traditionally, women were confined to the kitchen and the house chores whereas the man's role was to provide. During the 21st century, there have been so many girl-child and women empowerment initiatives whose motive has never been known to men. The rise of feminists who think they know more than the original designer of humanity who gave man the utmost authority to lead and govern has worsened the situation and led to an increase in beta males, men who no longer take charge of their lives and families but depend on women to help them sort raise their families.  I have had several engagements with men and most of them feel that empowering the girl child while the boy child is neglected is causing more harm than good. Many men feel threatened when women help them in sorting th...

                              Dr.William Samoei Ruto                                (photo credit: Courtesy) It has been five days of knowledge dispensation by the learned friends as the supreme court played the host of the teams defending and making appeals. The August 9th general elections results announced by the independent electoral and boundaries commission's chairperson Mr. Wafula Chebukati was met with a lot of resistance from the azimio fraternity who claimed that the whole process was bungled. Led by their lawyer senior counsel James Agrey Orengo, the lawyers presented facts on how the process lacked what lawyer Willis Otieno termed as legitimacy. Among the evidence submitted to support the claims were the footprints left in the system as the intruders by the names Jose Carmago and CSilva tampered with the resul...

                                Photo Credit: Courtesy  This is a cry, a cry for my motherland Kenya. A country is full of potential, a great nation endowed with numerous natural resources and human resources to the envy of its neighbors. Its dubbed a major economic hub and a giant in the Eastern Africa region. Its democracy has grown over time, from a time when the political class was marred with dictatorial characters, to bungled elections which put the country in a dark state in 2007 to an era when the electoral grievances can be taken to court and be addressed to the overall benefit of the normal citizen. It became the first country to have its presidential election results nullified in 2017, prompting a repeat sixty days later. As we speak, the just concluded 2022 elections have followed the same trajectory and the case is in the supreme court awaiting the verdict on Monday, 5th Septemb...

The politics of succession began in 2018 when the deputy president cried foul of the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and, former prime minister, Raila Amollo Odinga, one of the presidential aspirants. The former premier is perceived as being a project of the state because of the support of the incumbent. The politicians, currently are traversing different parts of the current spreading their gospel. As we enter the homestretch, with only seven days to the elections, different politicians have mastered the art of convincing the masses to an extent of speaking in the language of the regions they visit. Recently, the deputy president nominee for Azimio la Umoja faction while addressing a mammoth crowd in Eldoret, exhilarate the supporters when she greeted the Kalenjin-speaking nation in their local dialect. When they were in Elburgon, and Mahi Mahiu, she also greeted the adherents in the Agikuyu and Kalenjin.  The deputy president on the other hand, while addressing the res...

Everyone desires to have a cool life that exhibits financial freedom. Besides formal employment, one can engage in many other business ventures. The start-up capital, however, is usually a big hurdle for many people. But from my experience, one can start sheep farming with as low as 3000 Kenya Shillings. I interacted with someone who has done it and he gave me the following revelation. In 2015, soon after clearing my college education, it dawned on me that I was now a grown-up and had to fend for myself. The student privileges were withdrawn, but as a man, I had to survive; that is how society has taught us to be. I bought my first sheep for 3000 shillings, and fortunate enough, two months later, I had a lamb. The journey has been smooth despite the few challenges experienced. Since that time, the numbers have increased, of course, due to their multiplication and buying more. The venture is profitable and is one of the easiest to engage in if you iron out a smart plan. Currently, on...

  For first-time mothers, their attraction to the child is usually robust, such that breaking that bond is never easy. It even becomes an uphill task the first day after the maternal leave is over. While the child sleeps and wakes up with the mother, in most cases, the eyes are always glued on her in a bid to ensure that her territory is within the usual area of jurisdiction; the house. My wife was never spared either. Hers was a funny one. I recall when our daughter was four months old, my wife and I used to work online, and we thought we would take advantage of the fact that the toddler's favorite at that age was sleep, but we were wrong. She would sleep, but the moment we started working, our girl's sleep would come to a halt and demand the mother's attention. This meant that the whole task would then be thrown to me. Every time the mother defied the "rules" set by her, the computer would change hands, and the young boss would be the owner, and the typing and ...

 The Journey On the 14th of April 2016, Kenya launched the 20 Million Trees for Kenya’s Forests Campaign, with more than 450 people attending the launch. In attendance were the representatives of the national government, Kenya forest service, and local community group members among Kenyans of other walks of life. In a bid to ensure responsible planting and caring of the trees, various initiatives have been started to help increase the tree cover in the country. Such initiatives include; My 20 Trees and me Growing Up together, an initiative that encourages young children to plant trees and take care of them for twenty years. The main objective of the 20 million trees campaign was to plant 20 million trees around and in Mount Kenya and the water towers, due to their vital role in ensuring the supply of water to our rivers. According to the International Tree Foundation, Kenya is among the least forested countries in Africa, with its tree cover being 7.14%, equating to 67 trees per p...